The Definition of the Mosque Linguistically and Legally, and the Ruling on Advocacy
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this person asks and says: What is a mosque linguistically and legally, and what is the ruling on advocacy in Islam?
Answer:
A mosque, linguistically and legally, is a place of prayer. Any place where you have prayed, you have thereby made it a mosque. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “The earth has been made for me a mosque and a place of purification,” indicates that the term mosque applies to a place of prayer even if it is not a built structure. The term also applies to the known built mosque that has doors, a mihrab, a minaret, entrances, and facilities. The term mosque is also applied to that. So the word mosque is general; any place where prayer is performed, whether an open area or a building in the shape of a mosque, is a mosque. Yes. And what is the ruling on advocacy in Islam?
Advocacy, which is agency in litigation, is permissible if one is in the right, does not lie, and claims a right. However, if one claims what is false or litigates for what is false while knowing that his client is not in the right, then it is not permissible. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said, “And do not argue on behalf of those who betray themselves”[An-Nisa 4:36] “a betrayer, a sinner.” And He the Exalted said, [An-Nisa 4:105-107] So a person should not act as an agent or be an advocate except in what he knows to be the truth and that he is claiming a right. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this person asks and says: What is a mosque linguistically and legally, and what is the ruling on advocacy in Islam?
Answer:
A mosque, linguistically and legally, is a place of prayer. Any place where you have prayed, you have thereby made it a mosque. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “The earth has been made for me a mosque and a place of purification,” indicates that the term mosque applies to a place of prayer even if it is not a built structure. The term also applies to the known built mosque that has doors, a mihrab, a minaret, entrances, and facilities. The term mosque is also applied to that. So the word mosque is general; any place where prayer is performed, whether an open area or a building in the shape of a mosque, is a mosque. Yes. And what is the ruling on advocacy in Islam?
Advocacy, which is agency in litigation, is permissible if one is in the right, does not lie, and claims a right. However, if one claims what is false or litigates for what is false while knowing that his client is not in the right, then it is not permissible. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said, “And do not argue on behalf of those who betray themselves”
Indeed, Allah does not like those
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَAnd do not be for the deceitful an advocate. (106) And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful. (107) And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves.
وَلَا تَكُن لِّلْخَائِنِينَ خَصِيمًا وَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا وَلَا تُجَادِلْ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ
Source
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